The second assembly line of Tianjin A320 aircraft will be put into production in early 2026.-USA Aircraft Group Corporation

Date: 2024/12/23

China has become the largest single country market for Airbus in the world. By the end of October 2024, mainland airlines in China operated 2,233 Airbus aircraft, accounting for 55% of China's fleet. On November 12th, at the Airbus conference held during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, Xu Gang, Airbus Global Executive Vice President and Airbus China CEO, made the above statement. According to the latest global market forecast released by Airbus, a global aircraft manufacturing giant, in the next 20 years, the world will need 42,430 new aircraft, and China will need 9,520 new passenger planes and cargo planes, accounting for more than 20% of the global total demand in the same period, among which 7950 single-aisle aircraft will be delivered to China, accounting for 84% of the total new delivery. Sarah, vice president of Airbus wide-body aircraft and cargo aircraft market, said at the report and forecast conference on November 11 that in the next 20 years, China's air passenger traffic will maintain steady growth, and the passenger fleet will increase by 2.7 times; E-commerce trade drives the air freight market to flourish, and the cargo fleet in China will triple. (The Paper)